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The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Film

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

5.9

1h 49m

2008

Synopsis

J. Robert Oppenheimer was a national hero, the brilliant scientist who during WWII led the scientific team that created the atomic bomb. But after the bomb brought the war to an end, in spite of his renown and his enormous achievement, America turned on him - humiliated and cast him aside. The question the film asks is, "Why?"

Director

David Grubin

DocumentaryHistory

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Cast & Crew

Campbell Scott

Campbell Scott

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Boyd Gaines

Boyd Gaines

as Chairman Gray (voice)

Daniel Gerroll

Daniel Gerroll

as Colonel Pash

Michael Stuhlbarg

Michael Stuhlbarg

as Edward Teller

Ellen Katz

as The Stenographer

Michael Cumpsty

Michael Cumpsty

Harold Agnew

as Self

Jeremy Bernstein

as Self

Freeman Dyson

Freeman Dyson

as Self

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